Adobe beefs up Connect 9 webinar app

Targeted towards the government and enterprise sets, Adobe Connect 9 is touted as an all-in-one platform for the development and delivery of online, interactive events that can support up to 1,500 participants.

Adobe is also paying closer attention to analytics with this release. Connect 9 will support the turnaround of real-time data of program marketing results and performance so that event organisers can determine which events and features were engaging — and which weren't — in a much more rapid fashion. That could offer organisers the opportunity to change events around as they are ongoing to ensure better productivity and business results.

For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Adobe Connect 9 zeroes in on webinars, mobile collaboration on ZDNet.com.

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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2012/06/12/adobe-beefs-up-connect-9-webinar-app-40155370/

Apple Store In Georgia Refuses To Sell iPad, iPhone To Farsi-Speaking Customer, Citing Company Policy

A 19-year-old woman in Alpharetta, Ga., claims that her local Apple store refused to sell her anything after she was heard speaking Farsi with her uncle while she was trying to buy an iPhone and iPad.
 
"When we said 'Farsi, I'm from Iran,' he said, 'I just can't sell this to you. Our countries have bad relations,'" Sahar Sabet told WSB-TV.

According to the report, the Apple store employee cited the company's official policy, which prohibits the sale of their products to countries with which trade is prohibited by U.S. embargo.
Apple makes note of the policy on its website:

PROHIBITED DESTINATIONS The U.S. holds complete embargoes against Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria
 The exportation, reexportation, sale or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a U.S. person wherever located, of any Apple goods, software, technology (including technical data), or services to any of these countries is strictly prohibited without prior authorization by the U.S. Government. This prohibition also applies to any Apple owned subsidiary or any subsidiary employee worldwide.

For original news source visit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/19/apple-store-refuses-to-sell-ipad-to-iranian_n_1609734.html

Apparently this is not an isolated case. Zach Jafarzadeh of Virginia told WSB-TV he experienced similar treatment when he was trying to help a friend from Iran buy an iPhone.